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First record of the ant genus Strumigenys S. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Qatar by the invasive species S. membranifera Emery, 1869
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First record of the ant genus Strumigenys S. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Qatar by the invasive species S. membranifera Emery, 1869

Mostafa R. Sharaf, Salma H. Al-Hajri and Abdulrahman S. Aldawood
Zoology in the Middle East, Vol.61(4), pp.362-367
02/10/2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2015.1095514

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Zoology
The dacetine ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 is recorded for the first time from Qatar by the invasive species S. membranifera Emery, 1869. This is the second known record for the genus and for this species from the Arabian Peninsula. The distribution of the known species of the genus Strumigenys recorded from the Arabian Peninsula is also provided and ecological notes are given for S. membranifera.

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